Locking device.



No. 831,745. PATENTED SEPT. 25, 1906.

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LOG E APPLIGATI ED 1905.

WITNESSES: V f INVEN TOR ATTORNEY n s'ra'rns ATE LOUIS EARL RICE, OF SALEM, OHIO, 'ASS-IGNOR To THE SILVER MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, Louis EARL RIoE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salem, county of Columbiana, and State of (H110, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locking Devices, of which the following is a specification.

. bers, or elements for the purpose of transdevices, and

Iparticularly to a type suitable for operative y connecting two parts, memmitting motion from one to the other or for arresting the motion of one or both parts.

As herein embodied, my invention is designed for use in looking a loosely-mounted wheel or equivalent part upon a driving or driven shaft and is so shown for purposes of illustration only, as it may obviously be readily adapted for various other uses. I

wish it understood, therefore, that I do not limit myself to either the exact form or arrangement shown, as various changes may be made therein or other forms ofthe device employed operating in substantially the same manner to produce practically the same result.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view showing the device in position to lock a wheel upon its shaft. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the device adjusted to permit thereon. As shown, the shaft may be either a driving or driven shaft, and in order'that motion may be transmitted at will from the same to the wheel mounted thereon a looking device is employed which is self-holding in either of two positions of adjustment-- that is to say, in or out of locked relation with the shaft. This device consists of a button-key 3, fitted in an opening in the hub of the wheel and having its inner end shaped to cooperate with a keyway 4 in the shaft, which latter serves, in a sense, as a keeper. The key has formed in one side thereof a series of recesses 5, the number depending upon the adjustments required. In the present instance only two of such recesses are shown, and engaging one or the other there is a locking-pin shown in the form of Specification of Letters Patent. Application fi led Ilovemher 8, 1905. Serial No. 286.427.

LOCKING DEVICE.

a ball 6, movable back andforth in a socket 7, formed in the wheel-hub and yieldingly held seated in the recess of the key by means of a spring 8.

For convenience in adjusting the key its outer projecting end is given a suitable shape g to be readily grasped in the hand, and by :MYlHVGIltlOIl'IGlfltGS generally to locking 5 moving the same from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2 the ball 6 will be disengaged from the outer recess and caused to engage the inner one, in which position the wheel 'runs free. To look the wheel upon the shaft, the key is readjusted by pressing the same inward toward the shaft, as will be at once apparent. I If for any reason it is desired to remove one or inore' of the parts of the locking device, the key is first adjusted to the position Patented Sept. 25,1906. Y

shown in Fig. 2, with the ball engaging .the

inner recess thereof. A wire 9 is then inserted in the open end of the socket, and

upon being passed through an opening 10 the key engages the ba 6 and forces the same into the socket in opposition to the spring, permitting the ke to be withdrawn far enough to prevent t e ball renga ing therewith and permitting the key to be su. se-

quentlyreleased upon the removal of the wire.

It will be observed that the metal between the recesses is cut away somewhat to permit atopposite ends of the recesses the engage ment with the ball is more on the side than on the top, and as a result the ball does not yield to the pressure. The opposite ends of the recesses therefore constitute spaced stops and prevent the removal of the key other-. wise than in the manner provided for.

As above stated, the device is not limited in its application, but may be adapted and employed for various other purposes to operatively connect two members, both of which may be normally movable or stationary or one stationary and the other movable. It may also be desirable for certain purposes to give the key more than two adjustments, which may be readily done by increasing the number of recesses, as above suggested. As all such changes are obvious and involve only the mere duplication of parts and unimportant details of construction, further description thereof is not herein deemed necessary.

Having thus described my invention, I cl'aim 1. A locking device comprising a'keeper, a cooperating bolt movable relative thereto, said bolt being, rovided with spaced stops and a plurality o recesses between the stops, and a'yieldingly-mounted member cooperating with the recesses to hold the bolt as adjusted and with the stops to limit the move- 3. A locking device comprising a keeper, 2.

bolt movablerelative thereto, said bolt being provided withspaced stops and a plurality of recesses between the stops, and a springpressed ball cooperating with the recesses to 'hold the bolt as adjusted and with the stops to limit the movement of the bolt.

4. A locking device comprising a keeper, a

bolt, requisite guides in which the bolt is movable relative to the keeper, said bolt be-. in provided with spaced stops and a plura ity of recesses between the stops, a yieldseams .ingly mounted member cooperating with the recesses to hold the bolt as adjusted and with the stops to limit the movement of the bolt, and said' bolt being provided with means whereby the yieldingly-mounted member may be disengaged from said stops.

,5. A locking device comprising a rotary keeper, a movable bolt, said bolt being pro.-

,vided with spaced stops and a plurality of recesses between the stops, and means cooperating with the recesses to yieldingly hold the bolt as adjusted and with the stopsto positivelylimit the movementof the bolt.

6. The combination of a shaft having a keyway formed therein, a wheel loosely mounted upon the shaft and a locking device carried by the wheel comprising abolt mov- ;able into and out of engagement with the keyway in the shaft, said bolt being provided with spaced stops and a plurality of recesses between the stops, and a yieldingly-mounted member cooperating with the recesses to i hold the bolt asiadjusted and with the stops to limit the movement of the bolt.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS EARL RICE. Witnesses:

MABEL Benson, (3120. W. SHEEHAN. 

